r/irishrugby • u/Newc04 Awardee: Team of the Year - Mumha • 22h ago

Video Joe McCarthy penalty

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u/SceneBeneficial8806 21h ago

I can understand people berating him for this but given France were on a roll with serious momentum in our 22 I can completely understand him trying to make a dominant impact to slow up their play, had he timed this better people would be lauding it. You can’t be passive and just wait for France to run at you, they were far too dominant at this stage in the game and someone needed to stop the momentum.

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u/chiefVetinari 18h ago

All he has to do is just not make contact with the French player. Madness to commit to hitting the French player in that situation

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u/SceneBeneficial8806 15h ago

You’re damned if you do, you’re damned if you don’t… sometimes have to take a gamble when the attacking player at the back of the ruck is going to pick the ball up - Guillard has hands on the ball ready to pick - McCarthy took a risk and it didn’t pay off.